CN115123723B

CN115123723B - Logistics transportation system and method

Info

Publication number: CN115123723B
Application number: CN202210858626.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴文龙; 张硕; 钱永强
Original assignee: Shanghai Mooe Robot Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Mooe Robot Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-20
Filing date: 2022-07-20
Publication date: 2023-12-22
Anticipated expiration: 2042-07-20
Also published as: CN115123723A

Abstract

The invention discloses a logistics transportation system and a logistics transportation method. The system comprises: the system comprises a dispatching server, carrying equipment, a first carrying container, a second carrying container and a workstation, wherein the first carrying container is used for collecting and carrying at least one article to be transferred, and the dispatching server determines a target workstation from the at least one workstation according to transfer path direction information of the article to be transferred in the first carrying container; the carrying equipment carries the first carrying container to a target workstation, and the target workstation sorts all the articles to be transported in the first carrying container into a second carrying container matched with the transfer path direction information of the corresponding articles to be transported, so as to wait for the articles to be transported in the second carrying container to meet the delivery conditions and deliver the articles to be transported. Through workstation improvement letter sorting efficiency, promote whole operating efficiency, use unmanned fork truck to promote efficiency, save the manual work, reduce whole operating cost, according to each route information of waiting to transport article realize waiting to transport article quick sort and transport, reduce the letter sorting error rate.

Description

Logistics transportation system and method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of logistics storage, in particular to a logistics transportation system and a logistics transportation method.

Background

For the transfer centers of the piece goods streams, most are large and non-standard pieces, requiring the transfer of the packages being sent to the respective trucks in the shortest time, and therefore requiring a large amount of handling equipment.

In the related art, a sorting line and a telescopic belt conveyor are generally used for realizing that the whole process from unloading to sorting to loading of the packages does not fall to the ground, so that the efficiency of a transfer center is greatly improved. However, equipment investment cost such as sorting lines and telescopic belt conveyors is too high, and most of the current part logistics companies are leased warehouses, and the equipment investment is not suitable for large equipment investment, so that the equipment investment cannot be well applied. Therefore, it becomes particularly important how to achieve efficient transport of articles.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a logistics transportation system and a logistics transportation method, which are used for improving the article transportation efficiency of a transportation center and reducing the transportation cost.

According to an aspect of the present invention there is provided a logistics transport system, the system comprising: the system comprises a dispatch server, a carrying device, a first carrying container, a second carrying container and at least one workstation;

the first cargo container is configured to collect and carry at least one item to be transported;

the scheduling server is configured to determine a target workstation from at least one workstation according to the transfer path direction information of the articles to be transferred in the first carrying container;

The handling device is configured to handle the first payload container to the target workstation;

the target workstation is configured to sort each article to be transported in the first article carrying container into a second article carrying container matched with the transport path direction information corresponding to the article to be transported, and is used for waiting for delivery and transportation when the article to be transported in the second article carrying container meets delivery conditions.

According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of stream transfer, the method comprising:

the first carrying container is used for collecting and carrying at least one article to be transported;

the scheduling server determines a target workstation from at least one workstation according to the transfer path direction information of the articles to be transferred in the first carrying container;

the carrying equipment carries the first carrying container to the target workstation;

and the target workstation sorts each article to be transported in the first article carrying container into a second article carrying container matched with the transport path direction information corresponding to the article to be transported, and is used for waiting for delivery and transportation when the article to be transported in the second article carrying container meets delivery conditions.

According to the technical scheme, a scheduling server, carrying equipment, a first carrying container, a second carrying container and a workstation are arranged, the first carrying container collects and carries at least one article to be transported, the scheduling server determines a target workstation from the at least one workstation according to the transportation path direction information of the article to be transported in the first carrying container, the carrying equipment carries the first carrying container to the target workstation, and the target workstation sorts all the articles to be transported in the first carrying container into the second carrying container matched with the transportation path direction information of the corresponding articles to be transported, so that the articles to be transported in the second carrying container can be transported out of the warehouse when the articles to be transported meet the ex-warehouse conditions. Through workstation improvement letter sorting efficiency, promote whole operating efficiency, use unmanned fork truck to promote efficiency, save the manual work, reduce whole operating cost, according to each route information of waiting to transport article realize waiting to transport article quick sort and transport, reduce the letter sorting error rate.

It should be understood that the description in this section is not intended to identify key or critical features of the embodiments of the invention or to delineate the scope of the invention. Other features of the present invention will become apparent from the description that follows.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required for the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system for transporting a stream according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic layout of a logistics transportation system adapted in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic layout of a workstation adapted according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a layout of workstations in a sorting display apparatus adapted according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic layout of another physical distribution transfer system suitable for use in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic layout of another workstation adapted according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flow chart of a method for transferring a stream according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the present invention, a technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without making any inventive effort, shall fall within the scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and the claims of the present invention and the above figures are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged where appropriate such that the embodiments of the invention described herein may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a logistics transportation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the embodiment is applicable to a situation where articles are transported, especially where packages of articles sent are transported to corresponding trucks in as short a time as possible. The stream transfer system can realize the stream transfer method provided in the embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, the logistics transportation system of the present embodiment may include: a dispatch server 110, a handling device 120, a first payload container 130, a second payload container 140, and at least one workstation 150. Wherein,

the first carrier 130 is configured to collect and carry at least one item to be transported.

The dispatch server 110 is configured to determine a target workstation 150 from the at least one workstation 150 based on the diversion direction information of the items to be diverted in the first tote 130.

The handling device 120 is configured to handle the first payload container 130 to the target workstation 150.

The target workstation 150 is configured to sort each item to be transported in the first carrying container 130 into a second carrying container 140 matched with the transport path direction information of the corresponding item to be transported, so as to wait for the item to be transported in the second carrying container 140 to be transported out of the warehouse when the item to be transported meets the export condition.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the dispatch server 110 may establish a communication connection with the handling device for implementing control and dispatch of the handling device in the logistic diversion system. The dispatch server 110 may refer to a software and/or hardware system having data information storage and data information processing capabilities, and may be communicatively coupled to the handling device and other hardware devices or software systems in the logistics transport system via wired or wireless means. The dispatch server 110 may send tasks to various types of handling devices in the logistics transportation system, such as control commands, other hardware devices or software systems, count the transportation and sorting conditions of the articles to be transported, detect the working state of the logistics transportation system, and transmit information to staff.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, one or more handling apparatuses 120 are provided in the logistics transportation system, and an article transporting operation is performed on an article to be transported by the handling apparatuses 120. The handling device 120 may simultaneously carry and handle the articles to be transferred at different destination points, so that the handling device 120 needs to sequentially reach different positions to perform the article transferring operation, which greatly wastes the transportation efficiency of the handling device and is likely to cause confusion of the articles transferred by loading. In view of the above, the logistics transportation system of the present embodiment is configured with at least one workstation 150 in addition to the handling device 120, and different articles to be transported are classified by the workstation, and then the same batch of articles to be transported are transported in a concentrated manner.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a first carrier container 130 and a second carrier container 140 are configured in the logistic transfer system, and when the articles to be transferred need to be transferred, one or more articles to be transferred are collected and carried by the first carrier container 130. The scheduling server 110 may determine a target workstation for transferring the articles to be transferred for the corresponding transfer path direction from the at least one workstation according to the transfer path direction information of the articles to be transferred in the first cargo container. The transfer path direction information can be determined through the destination of the articles to be transferred.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the handling device 120 may handle a first tote carrying one or more items to be transferred to a target workstation 150 selected by the dispatch server 110. The workstation 150 has the function of sorting and transferring different articles to be transferred, and for the target workstation 150, one or more second carrying containers 140 are preconfigured in the target workstation 150. The target workstation 150 can implement sorting and transferring processes of the articles to be transferred in different transfer directions in the first carrier container, and distribute the articles to be transferred in each transfer direction to the second carrier container 140 in the corresponding transfer direction, so that the second carrier container 140 can implement collection of the articles to be transferred in the same or similar transfer directions.

Alternatively, the first carrier container 130 and the second carrier container 140 may be the same carrier container or different carrier containers during the process of transferring the articles to be transferred. Wherein the first carrier container 130 is used for collecting different articles to be transported before the articles to be transported are transported to the workstation, and the second carrier container 140 is used for collecting articles to be transported in the same or similar transport path direction for the articles to be transported which have arrived at the workstation and are sorted according to the transport path direction. Wherein the first carrier container and the second carrier container are both carrier containers, the main difference being the different phases of application and thus being distinguished by "first" and "second".

When each of the first cargo containers 130 is sorted and emptied at the target workstation 150, the first cargo container 130 that has been emptied of the articles to be transported may be used as the second cargo container 140, so as to realize the collection of the articles to be transported in the same or similar transfer path directions at the target workstation; when each of the first cargo containers 130 is sorted and emptied at the target workstation 150, the first cargo container 130 that has been emptied of the articles to be transported may be continued to collect the next batch of articles to be transported, while the empty cargo container is taken out of the target workstation 150 as the second cargo container 140, so as to achieve the collection of the articles to be transported in the same or similar transport directions at the target workstation.

Among them, the handling device 120 of the present embodiment may include, but is not limited to, the following: automatic guided vehicles AGVs, logistics robots, unmanned forklifts, manned forklifts and the like. The first and second cargo containers 130, 140 of the present embodiment may include, but are not limited to, the following: trays, basket, etc. are used for holding containers of articles.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, when the to-be-transported articles in the second carrying container 140 of the target workstation 150 meet the delivery conditions, the handling device 120 may be used to perform unified delivery on the plurality of to-be-transported articles in the same or similar delivery directions collected by the second carrying container 140, without moving the handling device back and forth at different positions to implement delivery of each to-be-transported article.

Optionally, the logistics transportation system of the present embodiment may further include an out-warehouse transportation buffer location. The ex-warehouse transfer buffer storage position is configured to receive the second carrying container meeting the ex-warehouse condition and wait for the ex-warehouse transfer of the articles to be transferred in the second carrying container.

According to the technical scheme, the sorting efficiency is improved by arranging the work stations, so that the overall operation efficiency is improved, the unmanned forklift can be used for improving the efficiency, labor is saved, the overall operation cost is reduced, the scheduling server can automatically allocate a proper work station for each article to be transported according to the route information of each article to be transported and sort the article to be transported to a proper carrying container for transportation, the sorting result of the articles to be transported can be automatically counted, the rapid sorting and transportation of the articles to be transported can be realized, the articles to be transported are piled up on the tray in a branching way after unloading, namely, the routes of the articles to be transported on the tray at the moment are the same or similar, and the transporting equipment can uniformly carry out warehouse-out transportation on all the articles on the tray, so that the transportation efficiency of forklift workers or the unmanned forklift can be greatly improved, the situation that the articles in a loading buffer position are disordered is avoided as far as possible, and the sorting error condition is reduced.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the logistic transfer system of the present embodiment may further include an article collection space 160 corresponding to the preset unloading position. The dispatch server 110 is configured to send a container supply instruction to the handling device 120 to handle the empty first payload container 130 to the item collection site 160 for item collection to be diverted upon determining that the item to be diverted reaches the preset discharge location.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the article collection space 160 may be preset within a preset distance from the preset unloading position, and when the batch of articles to be transferred reaches the preset unloading position, the scheduling server 110 may send a container supply instruction to the handling device 120, to instruct the handling device 120 to select the empty first container 130 from the plurality of empty containers. Further, the handling device 120 may handle the selected empty first tote 130 to the item collection site 160.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the types of the article-collecting positions 160 may be differentiated in advance, and each article-collecting position 160 corresponds to the collection of articles to be transported for which the preset transfer path direction information is implemented, that is, the placement of the first empty carrier container 130 at the article-collecting position 160 allows the collection of articles to be transported for which each article-collecting position 160 corresponds to the preset transfer path direction information, but does not allow the collection of articles to be transported for which the other transfer path direction information is carried. Optionally, when the batch of articles to be transferred reaches the preset unloading position, the articles to be transferred may be pre-grouped according to the transfer path direction information, and the articles to be transferred of the first cargo container 130 that can be placed at the same article collection position 160 may be found.

Optionally, the type division of the item collection space 160 may be divided according to different load quantity thresholds that can be implemented by the item collection space 160; or by the nature of the items (fragile, large items, etc.) of the collected items to be transported that can be achieved by the item collection site 160.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, after the empty first carrier container 130 is carried to the article collecting position, the articles to be transported which have reached the preset unloading position and are unloaded may be sequentially stacked into the empty first carrier container 130, and the unloaded multiple articles to be transported may be collected by the first carrier container 130, and then wait for carrying the articles to be transported collected by the first carrier container 130 to the target workstation for further transportation and sorting.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, referring to fig. 2, the preset unloading position corresponding to the article collection position is provided with an article supply platform 170, and the article supply platform 170 is provided with a sensor device in advance, and the sensor device is configured to send the information of the position of the articles to be transferred to the dispatch server 110 if detecting that the transport device carrying the articles to be transferred reaches the article supply platform. The positioning information is used for indicating that the articles to be transported reach the preset unloading positions corresponding to the article collecting positions.

Referring to fig. 2, taking the article supply platform 170 as an unloading platform as an example, after the transporting device arrives at the unloading platform, a sensor device on the unloading platform for detecting whether the vehicle arrives at the unloading platform can automatically sense that the vehicle arrives, at this time, the transporting device 120 can take an idle first carrying container (for example, the transporting device takes an idle tray from the tray machine) from the container buffer storage position, and carry the idle first carrying container to move to a preset unloading position corresponding to the corresponding article collection position.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, the present embodiment is optimized on the basis of the above-described embodiments. This embodiment may be combined with each of the alternatives of one or more of the embodiments described above. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the logistic transfer system of the present embodiment may further include a first article information collecting device configured at the article collection location 160.

The first item information collection device is configured to collect item identification information of items to be transported that are to be collected in the first carrier container 130.

When the first article information collecting device collects article identification information of any article to be transported in the first article carrying container 130, the scheduling server 110 is configured to allocate a virtual container identification to the first article carrying container 130, and bind the virtual container identification with the article to be transported in the first article carrying container 130.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the logistics transport system may further include a first article gripping apparatus disposed at the article collection location 160. The first article gripping apparatus is configured to grip an article to be transported and place the gripped article to be transported into the first carrier container. The first item information collection apparatus may collect item identification information of the item to be transferred each time the item to be transferred is put into the first carrier container 130 (for example, the item to be transferred is palletized into a tray) before the item to be transferred is collected into the first carrier container 130. The article identification information of the article to be transported may be a package code of the article to be transported, such as a two-dimensional code, a bar code, and the like.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the first article information collecting device may be a terminal device for collecting article identification information. Optionally, the first article information collecting device is configured to trigger the first conveying instruction of the first article carrying container 130 when it is determined that the first article carrying container 130 meets the preset collecting condition, so that the conveying device 120 performs a conveying operation on the first article carrying container. Realize transporting the intellectuality in center through using handling equipment such as unmanned fork truck, can reduce artifical reliance, promote commodity circulation and transport the automation and intelligent level in center.

Referring to fig. 2, the handling device 120 performs a handling operation on the first carrier container including the first carrier container completed with palletizing being forked by the drone and handled to the destination workstation. The preset collection condition comprises that the amount of the collected articles to be transported in the first article carrying container meets a preset article amount threshold. Wherein the amount of the article to be transported can be represented by at least one of the following: the space occupied by the articles and the stacking height (stacking height) of the articles.

Optionally, after the virtual container identifier is bound with the to-be-transported object in the first cargo container 130 and the first cargo container is forked, the handling device such as an unmanned forklift is moved to the target workstation in the automatic mode to place the first cargo container.

By adopting the mode, each first carrying container can be used for stacking articles to be transported in a plurality of directions, the unloading efficiency is improved, the articles to be transported in different directions can be sorted according to the directions at a workstation, the same or similar batches of articles to be transported are uniformly collected and transported to a warehouse-out cache, and thus, the problem that the warehouse-out transportation congestion is caused by directly distributing the warehouse-out cache position for transporting each article to be transported can be avoided; meanwhile, each article to be transported corresponds to one unloading position, so that the unloading position is increased greatly, and throughput of the whole transport center is greatly affected.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, the present embodiment is optimized on the basis of the above-described embodiments. This embodiment may be combined with each of the alternatives of one or more of the embodiments described above. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in the logistics transportation system of the present embodiment, the dispatch server 110 is configured to perform the following operations A1-A2:

operation A1 matches the transfer path direction of the item to be transferred with each of the at least one workstation 150 according to the transfer path direction information of the item to be transferred in the first carrier container 130.

Operation A2, determining a transfer path direction from the at least one workstation to a first target workstation 150 adapted to the item to be transferred in the first payload container 130 according to the transfer path direction matching result.

Wherein the first target workstation 150 includes a workstation with a pre-configured transfer path direction or an idle workstation with a new transfer path direction, which can empty the articles to be transferred in the first cargo container only by sorting at the same workstation; alternatively, a pre-configured transfer path orientation workstation that is capable of sorting articles to be transferred in the first tote in combination with other workstations.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, initial transfer path direction information corresponding to the delivery and transfer of the articles to be transferred on the workstation is determined according to the transfer path direction of the articles to be transferred on the first carrying container carried by the carrying device. The corresponding initial route information on the workstation is automatically distributed by the scheduling system according to the transfer route information of each article to be transferred, and is dynamically adjusted and changeable (when the downward article to be transferred of the transfer route meets the delivery condition, the article to be transferred is delivered out of the warehouse, and the transfer route is emptied).

Each workstation has a priority corresponding to a discharge point or a collection position, a large logistics transfer center has a plurality of workstations and a plurality of discharge points, different discharge points have the priority corresponding workstations, namely the workstation closest to the physical position of the discharge point, and the scheduling principle is as follows: when the transport equipment is far away from the work station, preferentially removing the work station which can realize sorting of the articles to be transported in at least part of the transport path directions in the first carrying container; the work station which can sort and empty the articles to be transported in each transport path direction in the first carrying container is preferentially removed. The two scheduling principles schedule according to the delivery efficiency, and have no strict priority.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, the scheduling server 110 is also configured to: if it is detected that the first load container 130 cannot be emptied at one time by sorting at only one workstation, a transfer path direction is determined from the at least one workstation to the second target workstation 150 which is partially adapted to the items to be transferred in the first load container 130, depending on the transfer path direction matching result.

When the articles to be transported in the first carrying container are sorted by different work stations according to the adaptation condition of the transport path, the allowable sorting amount of the second target work station is larger than that of other work stations.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, when sorting the articles to be transferred in the first carrier container at the other work stations except the second target work station according to the transfer direction, the allowable sorting amount at the second target work station is larger than that at the other work stations. I.e. following scheduling principles: if the first carrying container cannot be emptied of the articles to be transported, the work station which can maximally sort the articles to be transported in the first carrying container is preferentially realized.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, the scheduling server 110 is also configured to: if it is detected that the articles to be transferred in the first carrier container 130 cannot be emptied at one time only by sorting at one workstation and the allowable sorting amounts of different workstations are the same when sorting the articles to be transferred in the first carrier container 130, determining a transfer path from at least one workstation to a third target workstation 150 partially adapted to the articles to be transferred in the first carrier container according to the transfer path direction matching result.

When the articles to be transported in the first carrying container are sorted at different work stations according to the direction adaptation condition of the transport path, the sorting waiting time of the third target work station is smaller than that of other work stations.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, when sorting articles to be transferred in the first carrier container at other work stations than the third target work station, respectively, according to whether the transfer path direction is adapted, if it is detected that the allowable sorting amount at the third target work station is equal to the allowable sorting amount at the other work stations, the transfer path direction is determined to the third target work station 150 adapted to the portion of the articles to be transferred in the first carrier container such that the sorting waiting time at the third target work station is smaller than the sorting waiting time at the other work stations. I.e. following scheduling principles: if the allowed sort volume at the third destination station is equal to the allowed sort volumes at the other stations, the least queued station is prioritized to sort the items to be diverted in the first tote. Further optionally, if the queuing situation is the same, sorting the articles to be transported in the first carrying container by going to the workstation nearest to the first carrying container; if the distance from each workstation is the same, the workstations are randomly selected.

Fig. 3 is a schematic layout of a workstation adapted according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is optimized on the basis of the above-described embodiment. This embodiment may be combined with each of the alternatives of one or more of the embodiments described above. Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, in the logistics transportation system provided in the present embodiment, each of the work stations 150 may include a station to be sorted and a sorted station. Wherein:

When the transfer path direction information of each article to be transferred in the first carrying container 130 is different, the station to be sorted is configured to receive the first carrying container 130 carrying the article to be transferred and carried by the carrying device 120, sort the article to be transferred in the first carrying container 130 according to the transfer path direction, and determine the sorted station to which the article to be transferred is sorted belongs according to the sorting result.

The sorted stations are configured to receive articles to be transferred sorted to the sorted stations through the preconfigured second cargo containers, one sorted station corresponding to each transfer path direction of the articles to be transferred.

Referring to fig. 3, the workstation may be composed of 2 stations to be sorted on the right and 7 sorted stations on the left, with the lower right corner being an empty container buffer location for buffer placement of empty load containers. The number of sorting stations of the workstation can be set according to the actual conditions of the transfer center. When the transfer path direction information of each article to be transferred in the first carrying container 130 is different, and secondary sorting is required, the first carrying container 130 is carried to the station to be sorted by the carrying device, the article to be transferred in the first carrying container 130 is sorted according to the transfer path direction at the station to be sorted, and then the articles to be transferred are determined to be placed at the sorted station matched with the transfer path direction of the article to be transferred.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, optionally, the stations to be sorted in the workstation 150 are provided with second article information collecting devices in an associated manner; the second article information collecting device is configured to collect article identification information of the articles to be transferred taken out from the first article carrying container 130, and determine route information of the articles to be transferred according to a collection result so as to sort the articles to be transferred, so as to judge a sorted station to which the articles to be transferred belong.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, optionally, the stations to be sorted in the workstation 150 are provided with second article gripping devices in association; the second article grabbing device is configured to grab articles to be transported from the first article carrying container 130, sort the grabbed articles to be transported according to the transport path direction, replace manual grabbing of the articles to be transported by the second article grabbing device, and achieve automatic article sorting and article collection to be transported, wherein the articles to be transported are in the same or similar transport path direction, in the second article carrying container 140 on the corresponding sorted station.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, optionally, after the handling device 120 places the first carrier container at the station to be sorted in the workstation 150, the scheduling server 110 notifies the second article grabbing device (such as a palletizing robot) that the first carrier container is already in place at the station to be sorted, the second article grabbing device moves to respond to the station to be sorted to destack the palletized articles on the first carrier container at the station to be sorted through a track, after destacking, the second article information collecting device placed on the workstation scans the codes, after scanning, the corresponding transfer direction of the articles to be transferred is identified, and then the articles to be transferred are placed into the second carrier containers 140 of the corresponding sorted stations to the second article grabbing device according to the identified transfer direction.

As an alternative implementation manner, referring to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, for the logistics transportation system provided in this embodiment, when the transportation path direction information of each article to be transported in the first cargo container 130 is the same, the transporting device 120 is configured to transport the first cargo container 130 to a sorted station matching the transportation path direction information of the article to be transported in the target workstation 150, so as to receive each article to be transported in the first cargo container 130 through the second cargo container 140 preconfigured on the sorted station.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, when the transfer path direction information of each article to be transferred in the first carrier container 130 is the same, no secondary sorting is required, that is, no screening sorting is required at the station to be sorted, and the first carrier container 130 is directly transferred to the sorted station matched with the transfer path direction of the article to be transferred in the first carrier container 130 by the transfer device. In this way, the collection of objects to be transported in one step through the same or similar transport path direction in the second load container 140 at the sorted station can be achieved.

Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, optionally, the second article grabbing device may be a mechanical arm, a 3D camera is respectively disposed above two first article carrying containers of the station to be sorted, the packages of the articles to be transported to be grabbed are judged in a machine vision mode, after the mechanical arm grabs, the mechanical arm is taken to a fixed position to scan codes through the 3D camera, automatic sorting is performed according to the result after the codes are scanned, and the sorted station to which the articles to be transported belong are judged.

As an alternative implementation manner, but not limited to, referring to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, for the logistics transportation system provided in this embodiment, when the transportation path direction information of each article to be transported in the first carrying container 130 is the same, the transporting device 120 is configured to directly transport the first carrying container carrying at least one article to be transported to carry out the warehouse-out transportation of the article to be transported.

When the transfer path direction information of each article to be transferred is the same, the effect of improving the transfer efficiency is considered, and the transfer efficiency is not improved by detecting the transfer path direction information of each article to be transferred in the same first carrying container, if all the articles are the same in transfer path direction, the transfer equipment is directly informed to be transferred to the delivery buffer position for delivery and transfer, and the manner of informing the transfer robot to remove the articles in the sorted position after the articles are transferred to the sorted position is avoided.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, for the logistics transportation system of the present embodiment, the sorting display apparatus is configured in association with the station to be sorted of the workstation 150; the sorting display device is configured to display the usage status of the stations to be sorted and the sorted stations in the workstation 150 and the layout position at the workstation.

Referring to fig. 3, an intelligent terminal (PAD) such as a sorting display device is disposed between the station to be sorted and the sorted station in the upper right corner of the workstation, and the sorting display device can be supported by a movable support and placed on the ground. The sorting display equipment can activate the workstation, namely after the staff goes to work and performs identity verification on the sorting display equipment, the workstation is logged in and activated, and the scheduling server can perform task allocation on the workstation only in the state that the workstation is activated.

Referring to fig. 4, during sorting, the sorting display device screen is already set to display stations to be sorted and stations to be sorted according to the actual layout of the workstation, and the stations to be sorted can display three states of sorting, idle sorting and sorting. In the sorting, each article to be transported in the first carrying container is sorted, in the idle state, no first carrying container enters the sorting station, and the first carrying container is placed in place at the station to be sorted, but the sorting operation is not started.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, the sorting display device provided by the workstation 150 is further configured to highlight the sorted stations to which the articles to be transferred are sorted when the sorted stations to which the articles to be transferred are sorted are determined.

Referring to fig. 4, after the task is generated, the sorted stations of the workstation 150 automatically display the names of the transfer routes at each position and the number of packages of the articles to be transferred, which need to be sorted to the sorted stations, and after each time the code scanning of one article to be transferred is completed, the sorted stations in the corresponding transfer route direction are lightened, the sorted stations placed at the position are prompted, after the articles to be transferred are placed, the next article to be transferred is scanned again, at this time, the sorted stations in the lightened positions are extinguished, and the number is reduced by 1. Until all of the sorted stations are shown as 0, indicating that the sorting task for the first load container of the station to be sorted has been completed.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, the workstation 150 comprises at least two sorted stations arranged in sequence, each of which is provided with a transfer path direction prompting function for prompting the placement of the articles to be transferred. The virtual container identification of the first carrying container can be scanned at the station to be sorted, the transfer path direction of each article to be transferred, which is carried in the first carrying container, can be determined, and therefore the quantity of the articles to be transferred in each transfer path direction can be known, the quantity of the articles to be transferred, which need to be sorted to the station to be sorted, can be prompted at the station to be sorted, and each station to be sorted is provided with a quantity prompting function for prompting that the quantity of the articles to be transferred, which need to be sorted to the station to be sorted, is required at present.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, the workstation 150 may comprise at least two stations to be sorted configured in sequence, the at least two stations to be sorted being configured to receive in sequence different first carrier containers carrying articles to be transported. Optionally, a waiting zone for the containers is provided at a preset position of the station to be sorted for receiving the queued first containers if the station to be sorted has received the first containers.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the handling apparatus may be configured to handle the first container 130 to a first sorting station of the workstation 150, and if there is more first container to reach the workstation, automatically enter a second sorting station corresponding to the workstation, and if there is more third container to be delivered to the workstation, the first container is queued by default. Wherein the number of fork-handling device queues allowed by the workstation can be set in the scheduling server, in principle any number can be set, but not exceeding the sum of the number of handling devices used for the project.

As an alternative implementation manner, referring to fig. 1 and 3, for the logistic diversion system of the present embodiment, the scheduling server 110 is configured to determine the proportion of the articles to be diverted in different diversion directions according to the diversion direction information of each article to be diverted in the target time period, and allocate the diversion directions applicable in the target time period to each workstation 150 according to the proportion of the articles to be diverted in different diversion directions, and empty the allocated diversion directions after waiting for sorting to be completed.

Referring to fig. 2, the scheduling server will automatically assign the transfer path direction to a plurality of workstations according to the transfer path direction problem of each to-be-transferred object, and under the principle that the usage rate of the handling device is average and the usage rate of the workstations is average, if the to-be-transferred object reaching a certain transfer path direction at the same time is particularly large, the scheduling server will automatically assign the transfer path direction to a plurality of workstations, so that the usage efficiency of the workstations tends to be uniform, and the efficiency problem caused by queuing of the handling device in the same workstation is avoided.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, referring to fig. 1 and 3, for the logistic diversion system of the present embodiment, the scheduling server 110 is configured to pre-group each item to be diverted according to the diversion path direction information of each item to be diverted, where the pre-group is used to assign items to be diverted having specific types of diversion path direction information to the same group. And placing the articles to be transported, which are divided into the same group, into the same first carrying container 130 according to the pre-grouping result for carrying, so that the number of types of the transfer path direction information of each article to be transported, which is collected by the first carrying container 130, is less than a preset number.

Referring to fig. 2, in order to improve the working efficiency of the working station to the maximum extent, each article to be transported can be roughly divided according to a warehouse area or a specific rule when unloading, namely, at most, a plurality of articles to be transported in a specific transport path direction can be placed on a tray of a specified article collection position, so that the movement of the carrying equipment between different working stations can be greatly reduced, and the overall efficiency is increased.

As an optional implementation manner, but not limited to, when stacking each first carrying container and each second carrying container, each stacking position is set with a fixed threshold, for example, 5 packages of articles to be transported, and can also be judged by the system, provided that size information of the packages of the articles to be transported must be required in the service system, if the size information is required, the size information of the packages of the articles to be transported is called after each code scanning, and the overall size of the stack is automatically calculated once the first article grabbing device or the second article grabbing device grabs the stack, if the size reaches a preset threshold, the stacking is completed. After the stacking position stacking is completed, the carrying equipment is informed to carry the first carrying container to the workstation and the second carrying container to the corresponding delivery buffer position, so that delivery and transfer can be carried out.

As an optional but non-limiting implementation manner, when the workstation stacks the articles to be transferred into the second carrying container, the corresponding route during stacking is automatically generated by the scheduling server, and the principle is that the second article grabbing device grabs the articles to be transferred to have the shortest moving distance during stacking. If the second carrying container is transported away by the transporting equipment after stacking is completed, the new second carrying container can be complemented by another transporting equipment at the position, and the transfer path corresponding to the position can be emptied on the system to wait for the dispatching server to redistribute the transfer path.

It can be understood that the information of each transfer path of the workstation is specified by the scheduling server and is dynamically adjusted without manual setting; for example, after the transfer path direction information of the articles to be transferred of the first tray is collected, when the transfer path direction distribution is carried out by the workstation, the automatic setting of the dispatch server, namely the dispatch system, is completed, when the sorting is carried out manually, the sorting operation is directly carried out according to the sorting position information displayed by the display equipment of the workstation, and the display equipment automatically displays the quantity of the articles to be placed in the corresponding sorting position. And after the goods to be transported in the corresponding transport path direction are delivered out of the warehouse, the transport path direction information is cleared, namely, the dynamic adjustment is carried out. However, there are some problems in manual setting, such as unreasonable setting, long waiting time of congestion queuing, etc. that occur easily in manual setting.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, see fig. 5 and 6, the workstation to be sorted and the sorted stations are arranged on the left and right sides, and the second article grabbing device is arranged between the to-be-sorted stations and the sorted stations. The number of sorting stations of the workstation can be set according to the actual conditions of the transfer center. When the transfer path direction information of each article to be transferred in the first carrying container 130 is different, and secondary sorting is required, the first carrying container 130 is carried to the station to be sorted by the carrying device, the article to be transferred in the first carrying container 130 is sorted according to the transfer path direction at the station to be sorted, and then the articles to be transferred are determined to be placed at the sorted station matched with the transfer path direction of the article to be transferred.

Optionally, if the to-be-transported articles in one transport path direction do not meet the ex-warehouse condition within a preset time period and occupy a busy workstation, a trigger mechanism is triggered, and the scheduling server automatically matches the similar transport path direction to perform ex-warehouse transport or forced ex-warehouse transport on the to-be-transported articles.

According to the technical scheme, the intelligent transfer center is realized by using the handling equipment such as the unmanned forklift, so that the management cost is reduced, real-time interaction between real-time logistics and information flow is realized, and the traceability of goods is improved; by arranging the special workstation, the sorting efficiency is improved, so that the overall operation efficiency is improved; handling equipment such as unmanned fork truck is used through promoting efficiency, saves the manual work, reduces whole operating efficiency. The scheduling server reasonably allocates the unmanned carrier for loading the goods according to the routing information of the packages of the articles to be transported, and improves the automation and intelligence level and efficiency; the scheduling server automatically counts the sorting results of the articles to be sorted according to the route information of the articles to be transferred, displays the sorting results in real time, reduces the sorting error condition, and can timely discover the sorting error condition when the sorting error occurs.

Fig. 7 is a flow chart of a method for transferring a logistics according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the embodiment is applicable to a case of transferring an article, especially a case of transferring a package of an article to a corresponding truck in a time as short as possible. The method of stream transfer can be applied to the stream transfer system provided in this embodiment. As shown in fig. 7, the method for transferring a stream according to this embodiment may include:

S710, collecting and carrying at least one article to be transported by the first carrying container.

And S720, the scheduling server determines a target workstation from at least one workstation according to the transfer path direction information of the articles to be transferred in the first carrying container.

And S730, carrying the first carrying container to the target workstation by carrying equipment.

And S740, the target workstation sorts each article to be transported in the first article carrying container into a second article carrying container matched with the transport path direction information corresponding to the article to be transported, and the article to be transported in the second article carrying container is used for carrying out warehouse-out transportation when meeting the warehouse-out condition.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the method further includes: when the articles to be transferred reach the preset unloading positions, the scheduling server sends a container supply instruction to the conveying equipment so as to convey the idle first carrying container to the article collection positions corresponding to the preset unloading positions to collect the articles to be transferred.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the preset unloading position is provided with an article supply platform, the article supply platform is provided with a sensor device in advance, and if detecting that the transport device carrying the articles to be transported reaches the article supply platform, the sensor device sends the positioning information of the articles to be transported to the scheduling server; the positioning information is used for indicating that the articles to be transported reach the preset unloading positions corresponding to the article collecting positions.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the method further includes:

acquiring article identification information of the articles to be transported, which are to be collected in the first article carrying container, through first article information acquisition equipment;

when the first article information acquisition equipment acquires article identification information of any article to be transported in the first article carrying container, the scheduling server is configured to allocate a virtual container identification to the first article carrying container and bind the virtual container identification with the article to be transported in the first article carrying container.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the method further includes: grabbing the to-be-transported object through first object grabbing equipment, and placing the grabbed to-be-transported object into the first object carrying container.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the method further includes: when the first carrying container meets the preset collecting condition, the first article information acquisition equipment triggers a first carrying instruction of the first carrying container so that the carrying equipment carries out carrying operation on the first carrying container.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the preset collection condition includes that the amount of the collected articles to be transported in the first cargo container meets a preset article amount threshold; the amount of the article to be transported is represented by at least one of the following: the space occupied by the articles and the stacking height of the articles.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiment, optionally, determining, from at least one workstation, a target workstation according to the transfer path direction information of the articles to be transferred in the first cargo container, includes:

according to the transfer path direction information of the articles to be transferred in the first carrying container, the articles to be transferred are matched with each working station in the at least one working station in a transfer path direction;

determining a transfer path direction from at least one work station according to a transfer path direction matching result to a first target work station matched with an article to be transferred in the first cargo container;

the first target workstation comprises a workstation with a pre-configured transfer path direction or an idle workstation with a new transfer path direction required to be configured, wherein the pre-configured transfer path direction can be used for emptying the articles to be transferred in the first cargo container only by sorting at the same workstation; alternatively, a pre-configured transfer path orientation workstation that is capable of sorting articles to be transferred in the first tote in combination with other workstations.

If detecting that the articles to be transported in the first carrying container cannot be emptied once only by sorting in one working station, determining a transport path from at least one working station to a second target working station which is partially matched with the articles to be transported in the first carrying container according to a transport path direction matching result;

when the articles to be transported in the first carrying container are sorted by different work stations according to the direction adaptation condition of the transportation path, the allowable sorting amount of the second target work station is larger than that of other work stations.

if it is detected that the articles to be transported in the first carrying container cannot be emptied once only by sorting at one working station and the allowable sorting amounts of different working stations are the same when sorting the articles to be transported in the first carrying container, determining a transfer path from at least one working station to a third target working station which is partially matched with the articles to be transported in the first carrying container according to a transfer path direction matching result;

when the articles to be transported in the first carrying container are sorted at different work stations according to the direction adaptation condition of the transportation path, the sorting waiting time of the third target work station is smaller than that of the other work stations.

On the basis of the embodiment, optionally, the workstation comprises a station to be sorted and a sorted station;

when the transfer path direction information of each article to be transferred in the first article-carrying container is different, the station to be sorted receives the first article-carrying container which is carried by the carrying equipment and carries the article to be transferred, sorts the article to be transferred in the first article-carrying container according to the transfer path direction, and determines the sorted station to which the article to be transferred is sorted according to the sorting result;

the sorted stations receive the articles to be transferred, which are sorted to the sorted stations, through a second pre-configured carrying container, and one sorted station corresponds to one transfer path direction of the articles to be transferred.

On the basis of the embodiment, optionally, the station to be sorted is provided with a second article information acquisition device in an associated mode; the second article information acquisition equipment acquires article identification information of the articles to be transported, and determines route information of the articles to be transported according to acquisition results so as to sort the articles to be transported.

On the basis of the embodiment, optionally, the station to be sorted is provided with a second article grabbing device in an associated mode; the second object grabbing device grabs the objects to be transported from the first object carrying container, and sorts the grabbed objects to be transported according to the transport path direction.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, when the transfer path direction information of each article to be transferred in the first carrier container is the same, the conveying device conveys the first carrier container to a sorted station matched with the transfer path direction information of the article to be transferred in the target workstation, so as to receive each article to be transferred in the first carrier container through a second carrier container preconfigured on the sorted station.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, when the transfer path direction information of each article to be transferred in the first carrier container is the same, the handling device is configured to directly handle the first carrier container carrying at least one article to be transferred to carry out the warehouse-out transfer of the article to be transferred.

On the basis of the embodiment, optionally, the stations to be sorted are associated and configured with sorting display equipment; the sorting display equipment displays the use states of stations to be sorted and the sorted stations in the work station and the layout positions of the work station.

On the basis of the embodiment, optionally, the sorting display device highlights the sorted station to which the articles to be transferred are sorted when determining the sorted station to which the articles to be transferred are sorted.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the workstation comprises at least two stations to be sorted configured in sequence, configured to receive in sequence different first carrier containers carrying articles to be transported.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, a waiting area for the first carrier container is provided at a preset position of the station to be sorted, for receiving the first carrier container in line in case the station to be sorted has received the first carrier container.

On the basis of the embodiment, optionally, the workstation comprises at least two sorted stations which are sequentially configured, and each sorted station is configured with a transfer path direction prompting function for prompting the placement of the articles to be transferred; each sorted station is provided with a to-be-transported article quantity prompting function for prompting the quantity of to-be-transported articles which need to be sorted to the sorted station at present.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the scheduling server determines the proportion of the articles to be transferred in different transfer directions according to the transfer direction information of each article to be transferred in the target time period, allocates the applicable transfer directions in the target time period to each workstation according to the proportions of the articles to be transferred in different transfer directions, and empties the allocated transfer directions after waiting for sorting.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the scheduling server pre-divides each article to be transferred according to the transfer path direction information of each article to be transferred, and places the articles to be transferred divided into a group into the same first carrier container according to the pre-division result, so that the number of transfer path direction information types of each article to be transferred, collected by the first carrier container, is less than a preset number.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the method further includes: and receiving the second carrying container meeting the ex-warehouse condition through an ex-warehouse transferring buffer memory position to wait for the ex-warehouse transferring of the articles to be transferred in the second carrying container.

The logistics transportation method provided by the embodiment of the invention can be applied to the logistics transportation system provided by any embodiment of the invention, and has the corresponding functions and beneficial effects of executing the logistics transportation system, and the detailed process refers to the related operation of the logistics transportation system in the embodiment.

It should be appreciated that various forms of the flows shown above may be used to reorder, add, or delete steps. For example, the steps described in the present invention may be performed in parallel, sequentially, or in a different order, so long as the desired results of the technical solution of the present invention are achieved, and the present invention is not limited herein.

The above embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations and alternatives are possible, depending on design requirements and other factors. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A logistic transfer system, the system comprising: the system comprises a dispatch server, a carrying device, a first carrying container, a second carrying container and at least one workstation; wherein,

the target workstation is configured to sort each article to be transported in the first article carrying container into a second article carrying container matched with the transport path direction information corresponding to the article to be transported, and is used for carrying out warehouse-out transportation when the article to be transported in the second article carrying container meets warehouse-out conditions;

The scheduling server is specifically configured to: according to the transfer path direction information of the articles to be transferred in the first carrying container, the articles to be transferred are matched with each working station in the at least one working station in a transfer path direction; determining a transfer path direction from at least one work station according to a transfer path direction matching result to a first target work station matched with an article to be transferred in the first cargo container;

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises: the first article information acquisition equipment; the first article information acquisition equipment is configured to acquire article identification information of the articles to be transported, which are to be collected in the first article carrying container;

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the scheduling server is further configured to:

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the scheduling server is further configured to:

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the workstation comprises a station to be sorted and a sorted station;

when the transfer path direction information of each article to be transferred in the first article-carrying container is different, the station to be sorted is configured to receive the first article-carrying container which is carried by the carrying equipment and carries the article to be transferred, so as to sort the article to be transferred in the first article-carrying container according to the transfer path direction and determine the sorted station to which the article to be transferred is sorted according to the sorting result;

the sorted stations are configured to receive articles to be transferred sorted to the sorted stations through a second pre-configured carrying container, and one sorted station corresponds to one transfer path direction of the articles to be transferred.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein when the transfer path direction information of each item to be transferred in the first carrier container is the same, the handling device is configured to handle the first carrier container to a sorted station in the target workstation that matches the transfer path direction information of the item to be transferred for receiving each item to be transferred in the first carrier container via a second carrier container pre-configured on the sorted station.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the handling device is configured to directly handle the first carrier container carrying the at least one item to be handled for out-of-stock handling of the item to be handled when the transfer path direction information of each item to be handled in the first carrier container is the same.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the scheduling server is configured to determine a quantity ratio of the articles to be transferred between the articles to be transferred corresponding to different transfer directions according to the transfer direction information of each article to be transferred in the target time period, and allocate the applicable transfer directions to each workstation according to the quantity ratio of the articles to be transferred between the articles to be transferred corresponding to the different transfer directions, and empty the allocated transfer directions after waiting for sorting to be completed.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the scheduling server is configured to pre-group the articles to be transferred according to the transfer path direction information of the articles to be transferred, and place the articles to be transferred divided into the same group into the same first carrying containers, so that the number of transfer path direction information types of the articles to be transferred, which are collected by each first carrying container, is less than a preset number.

10. A method of stream transfer, for use in a stream transfer system as provided in any one of claims 1 to 9, the method comprising:

the target workstation sorts each article to be transported in the first article carrying container into a second article carrying container matched with the transport path direction information of the corresponding article to be transported, and is used for carrying out warehouse-out transportation when the article to be transported in the second article carrying container meets warehouse-out conditions;

wherein determining a target workstation from at least one workstation according to the transfer path direction information of the articles to be transferred in the first cargo container comprises: according to the transfer path direction information of the articles to be transferred in the first carrying container, the articles to be transferred are matched with each working station in the at least one working station in a transfer path direction; determining a transfer path direction from at least one work station according to a transfer path direction matching result to a first target work station matched with an article to be transferred in the first cargo container;